Mar 8, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS, SELLER'S ADVICE
Mortgage lenders often require 2 appraisals on real estate transactions priced over $1.2 million in Miami. We just jumped that double appraisal hurdle … with a surprising outcome …one I’ve yet to see before . I wonder if anyone else has...
Mar 4, 2011 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
Real Estate Agents are as diverse as their clients. If we were all cloned from the same nitch, it would be boring. Miami Realtors span the extremes. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve had buyers in tow … previewing some outragiously exquisite...
Feb 28, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
A critical and tenuous point in your home sale comes just AFTER your property is under contract…. when you are still within the inspection period. It is then that emotions run thin… and that can play havoc on a home purchase. Inspections may...
Feb 22, 2011 | IN THE NEWS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS, SELLER'S ADVICE
What will it cost you to hire a Top Realtor? Honestly, do you really want to give away 6% of your sales price to a real estate agent? Isn’t that a bit over the top? Why pay the ‘full fee”? According to The New York Times...
Feb 14, 2011 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
So many Realtors whimper “Open Houses Don’t Sell Homes”. Right. It’s not the OPEN HOUSE that sells the house. And I think that’s where the issue really lies. It’s the Realtor holding the open house who sells the house. So...
Jan 27, 2011 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
The four most common mistakes sellers make can all be avoided. As a seller, you work hard to get buyers IN … You definitely want to keep them interested. Over the past month we previewed countless properties … and it seems to me that...